This is the mosque at Lalbagh Fort in Dhaka, a leftover stronghold of the bygone era of the Mughal empire, which once ruled Central Asia. This was started by Prince Muhammad Azam Shah in 1678, and but couldn't finish before he was called back. His successor, Shaista Khan, did not complete the work, though he stayed in Dhaka up to 1688. His daughter Iran Dukht nick named Pari Bibi (Fairy Lady) died here in 1684 and this led him to consider the fort to be ominous.

Lalbagh Fort is also the witness of the revolt of the native soldiers against the British during the Great Rebellion of 1857. As in the Red Fort in India, they were defeated by the force led by the East India Company. They and the soldiers who fled from Meerat were hanged to death at the Victoria Park. In 1858 the declaration of Queen Victoria of taking over the administrative control of India from the Company was read out at the Victoria park, latter renamed Bahadur Shah Park after the name of the last Mughal Emperor who led that greatest rebellion against then British empire. [Source: wikipedia]

Mahbubur Rahman, a #part-time traveller and a full-time #wanderer, wandering about the globe as much as possible, logging the experiences here.

Projects

The Tattoo ProjectIn this project, I have tried to take portraits of people with their tattoos, proudly showing the part the tattoos play in their lives.

BangladeshMy country gets a lot of bad rep, and the only news you hear about it are about floods, cyclones, tragedies, political turmoil, etc. Its not what I remember growing up. I wanted to show a country that has so much more to offer than the sum of its statistics.